The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Christmas Story (1960)

Andy Griffith: Andy Taylor

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• Barney Fife : Bringin' in a prisoner, Sheriff!

  Andy Taylor : Well, what happened?

  Barney Fife : Parked his car in front of a fire plug. I wrote him out a ticket and you know what he did?

  Andy Taylor : What?

  Barney Fife : Tore it up in teeny, little pieces! That's what he did!

  Andy Taylor : Wait a minute. Did you do like Barney said, Ben?

  Ben Weaver : What if I did?

  Andy Taylor : Well, that's contempt of the law. I hope you got yourself a good explanation.

  Ben Weaver : I have.

  Andy Taylor : Yeah? What is it?

  Ben Weaver : I got contempt for the law around here!

• Barney Fife : Hey, Andy! Remember the Hubacher brothers?

  Andy Taylor : Oh, yeah. They sent us a card this year, did they?

  Barney Fife : Yeah. They always send out such nice family pictures.

  Andy Taylor : Where are they now?

  Barney Fife : Up in State Prison.

  Andy Taylor : [looking at the picture on the card]  Hey, look at that Elmer.

  Barney Fife : He's the baby, ain't he?

  Andy Taylor : Yeah.

  [reading the card] 

  Andy Taylor : Merry Christmas from State Prison.

  Barney Fife : I think it's just wonderful that they're all together at Christmas.

• Andy Taylor : I tell ya the truth, if a fella was tryin' to get hisself into jail, he couldn't do a better job than...

  Ben Weaver : Oh, you're crazy! Why would I do a fool thing like that?

  Andy Taylor : Yeah. Why would you, Ben?

• Andy Taylor : [releases Sam on the moonshining charge due to lack of evidence because the jug is empty]  I wouldn't be surprised if Ben's full of the evidence right now.